TEST BANK CRITICAL CARE NURSING- DIAGNOSIS
AND MANAGEMENT 9TH EDITION LINDA D. URDEN
AND KATHLEEN M. STACY FULL TESTBANK ALL
CHAPTERS 1-41 LATEST WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
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TEST BANK CRITICAL CARE NURSING- DIAGNOSIS AND
MANAGEMENT 9TH EDITION LINDA D. URDEN AND
KATHLEEN M. STACY FULL TESTBANK ALL CHAPTERS 1-
41 LATEST WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice Urden
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. During World War II, what types of wards were developed to care for critically injured
patients?
a. Intensive care
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANSWER: C
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients. Triage
wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospital.
Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive care units.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing
Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective
Care Environment
2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise and
manages complex clinical and system issues?
a. Registered nurses
b. Advanced practice nurses
c. Clinical nurse leaders
d. Intensivists
ANSWER: B
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their
specialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical
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practitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct
care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 5 OBJ: Nursing
Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective
Care Environment
3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based and that
safety programs are in place?
a. Clinical nurse specialist
b. Advanced practice nurse
c. Registered nurses
d. Nurse practitioners ANSWER: A
Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching,
research, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that care is
evidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a
broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex clinical and
systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nurse practitioners (NPs)
manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 6 OBJ: Nursing
Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective
Care Environment
4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for
registered nurses?
a. State Board of Registered Nurses
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine
d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
ANSWER: D
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for
registered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administer
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certification exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not
administer certification exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer
nursing certification exams for registered nurses.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 7 OBJ: Nursing
Process Step: NW/WAW.TBS MT.OWPS: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe
and Effective Care Environment
5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spirit are
interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of care?
a. Holistic care
b. Individualized care
c. Cultural care
d. Interdisciplinary care
ANSWER: A
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are
interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each patient’s
preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversity in health care
is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world becomes more
accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces with places and peoples.
Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals with the patient’s
health as the common goal.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 12 OBJ: Nursing
Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective
Care Environment
6. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has developed short
directives that can be used as quick references for clinical use that are known as
a. Critical Care Protocol.
b. Practice Policies.
c. Evidence-Based Research.
d. Practice Alerts.
AND MANAGEMENT 9TH EDITION LINDA D. URDEN
AND KATHLEEN M. STACY FULL TESTBANK ALL
CHAPTERS 1-41 LATEST WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
,1|Page
TEST BANK CRITICAL CARE NURSING- DIAGNOSIS AND
MANAGEMENT 9TH EDITION LINDA D. URDEN AND
KATHLEEN M. STACY FULL TESTBANK ALL CHAPTERS 1-
41 LATEST WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice Urden
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. During World War II, what types of wards were developed to care for critically injured
patients?
a. Intensive care
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANSWER: C
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients. Triage
wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospital.
Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive care units.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing
Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective
Care Environment
2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise and
manages complex clinical and system issues?
a. Registered nurses
b. Advanced practice nurses
c. Clinical nurse leaders
d. Intensivists
ANSWER: B
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their
specialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical
,2|Page
practitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct
care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 5 OBJ: Nursing
Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective
Care Environment
3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based and that
safety programs are in place?
a. Clinical nurse specialist
b. Advanced practice nurse
c. Registered nurses
d. Nurse practitioners ANSWER: A
Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching,
research, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that care is
evidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a
broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex clinical and
systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nurse practitioners (NPs)
manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 6 OBJ: Nursing
Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective
Care Environment
4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for
registered nurses?
a. State Board of Registered Nurses
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine
d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
ANSWER: D
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for
registered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administer
, 3|Page
certification exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not
administer certification exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer
nursing certification exams for registered nurses.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 7 OBJ: Nursing
Process Step: NW/WAW.TBS MT.OWPS: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe
and Effective Care Environment
5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spirit are
interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of care?
a. Holistic care
b. Individualized care
c. Cultural care
d. Interdisciplinary care
ANSWER: A
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are
interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each patient’s
preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversity in health care
is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world becomes more
accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces with places and peoples.
Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals with the patient’s
health as the common goal.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 12 OBJ: Nursing
Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective
Care Environment
6. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has developed short
directives that can be used as quick references for clinical use that are known as
a. Critical Care Protocol.
b. Practice Policies.
c. Evidence-Based Research.
d. Practice Alerts.
